Except, of course that some are. The current champion, in my opinion, is the Williamsburg Bank on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. Tallest building in Brooklyn from the late 1920s until last year and a big old dick:
The a/c equipment for the building is under the dome, and in cold weather it vents steam...you get the idea.
The all-time champion was the Singer Building, the headquarters of the sewing-machine company, which was demolished for a rather boring black steel-and-glass building. It had a large base with a curved mansard roof, a 65-foot square tower, and then another curved mansard on top of the tower.
Singer, in its rampant glory:
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The Williamsburg Bank building is even better at night, when the clock hands are lit up. Many's the time I'd pause to look at the mighty tower before trudging into the subway station after a night of drinking.
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